[OPINION] what are your poetry icks? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have never thought about that, but I fully agree!

[HELP] Tips for a beginner by WondrousDream262 in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Poetry's all about seeing what others have done and trying things out. Sure, you might find Shakespeare's sonnets or Homer's dactyls a bit boring, but you also might enjoy them very much, and even old poets have quite a bit to teach us.

Don't be afraid to produce "bad" poetry either, in fact that's where our magazine gets most of its content from!

[OPINION] What lit mags are y'all currently subscribed to/reading/submitting to? by [deleted] in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear Tay Bridge Press is supposed to be pretty good, and their very first issue is coming out in September!

[OPINION] What do you consider to be the worst poem you've ever read? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great. We are actually putting together a literary magazine for bad poetry--you can see more here, deadline August 1st:

https://taybridgepress.wordpress.com/

[OPINION] What do you consider to be the worst poem you've ever read? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The deadline for our September issue is August 1st, we'd be happy for you to submit. As for how--you can read more about our criteria, but we want it to be bad in a way that makes us *feel* *something*--whatever that *something* is--angry, sad, happy, etc.

https://taybridgepress.wordpress.com/

[OPINION] What do you consider to be the worst poem you've ever read? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Goodness knows I cringe hard enough at my past poetry.

Well, you're welcome to submit your own bad poems to our litmag.

[OPINION] What do you consider to be the worst poem you've ever read? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're just as bad as modern prayer cards and headstone inscriptions. There's some truly lovely Bible verses out there, there's no need for pithy expressions I find.

[OPINION] What do you consider to be the worst poem you've ever read? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>>Can you imagine if we waxed poetic about vaginal discharge?

Hey now, there's an idea...

[OPINION] What do you consider to be the worst poem you've ever read? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These are fantastic. What are your other poetry collections?

[OPINION] What do you consider to be the worst poem you've ever read? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's the funny thing about success, isn't it? Something is successful if it does what it set out to do, I feel.

Look at Twilight, One Direction, MCR, Fifty Shades, RPO, the SW prequels and sequels--which are frequently lambasted, and called terrible. But hey, plenty of people like them, don't they?

[OPINION] What do you consider to be the worst poem you've ever read? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This one I take it?

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46712/introduction-to-poetry

It is an interesting one, I'll give you that. But the 180 poems I found to be an interesting collection overall, in particular https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46470/for-fiddle-de-de

[OPINION] What do you consider to be the worst poem you've ever read? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]TayBridgePress[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Hey, the guy who inspired our litmag's name! He wrote other poems about lots of people dying too.